The Wilsons

Eric

Erica

I'm a child of God, a mom to our sweet Eli, a wife to the greatest man I know, and a technical director for a flavor company. I love a good book, a long walk, camping, cooking, being outside, and, best of all, my family.

Eli

Our sweet, cheerful, energetic five year-old who loves to play outside, ride his bike, and build elaborate backyard forts. We love him to the moon and back!

Monday, August 14, 2017

These are out of order, but I want to get them posted before summer is over! After our trip in early June, we enjoyed a few weeks of "normal" summer- slower pace, lots of swimming... all the good stuff!

CJ and Eli:

We bought a basketball hoop for the pool this summer, and it was been a HIT with the boys!

Eli made his closet into a "reading closet." Very cute. :)

The outside:

The inside (complete with fan, light, and about 75 stuffed animals on the floor):

In action:

My friend Elizabeth took Eli and CJ to Urban Air one day. They had a blast!

Timothy's 9th birthday donuts! We were happy to celebrate with the whole family (Heather and kids included)!

These are out of order, but here are a few from July 4th:

Watermelon eating, of course!

More basketball:

Wrestling on a giant turtle, naturally:

Sparklers!

I take this picture every year- I love it so much. Summer is the best!!

We spent a day at the wave pool with Elizabeth and CJ.

Eli went to Sidekicks (indoor) soccer camp with CJ and Ethan.

ALL the cousins! We had such a wonderful week being all together.

Back to soccer camp (sorry these are all mixed up!).

Back to cousins...

At the beginning of August, Eli and I went with my parents to visit my grandparents for a week in Maine. We had a wonderful time!

At the beach... (and missing Daddy! :) )

This is a place called Lower Falls, a really fun river/rocks/waterfalls place that people come to play.

We went to the wild animal park and so enjoyed it!

A moose!

Eli and my dad and I took a long hike up Pleasant Mountain.

At the first lookout we had a great view.

And at the second we couldn't see a thing because of all the fog! :)

I LOVE THIS KID!

We went to Boothbay Harbor one day to catch a boat out to Cabbage Island for a clambake!

On the boat...

Uncovering the lobsters!

Eating the lobsters! :)

We explored the rocky shore of the island, looking for shells and crabs.

This picture is so dark, but I love it still. :)

Back in Boothbay and WORN OUT! :)

On our last day in Maine we went to a nearby lake to swim for the day.

Saying goodbye is always sad. :( We treasured our week together!

This trip was a super fun way to close out our summer. We've had such a great mixture of trips and activities and time to just rest and relax... I hate to see summer go! We have a couple fun things planned this week, and then next Monday it's back to school. Thanks for reading! :)